Very helpful. Sometimes you get a little complacent in your book reviews. Nice toolkit for refreshing your ideas and helping new reviewers, as well.

Very helpful guide for beginners like me! I will definitely take these tips into consideration.
The use of graphics helped me stay hooked and not skip over most of the text (I could've missed something important). It gives excellent tips not only for the Netgalley platform but also for social media sites such as instagram, TikTok, twitter and YouTube.

This is a good reference for beginners, but there are some symbols that are attached to my reviews that I don't know why their there. For instance there is a paperclip attached to some of my reviews and I don't know why its there. Also, it would be great if there was a diagram that shows exactly how to get a link from reviews on Goodreads from. a iPad. Also, it would be nice to see a diagram on how to share a review to Twitter from my iPad mini because I couldn't find the twitter symbol anywhere after I wrote my review.

Great tool to help get started! Hadn’t even realised how many review platforms there were! Definitely would recommend!

A super helpful guide for beginners to get started on NetGalley. It has detailed steps to explore and make use of all the features available on this portal. Not just NetGalley, it has instructions and tips for growth on other platforms as well. It cover almost all mediums available to book reviewers/content creators to grow their bookish channels/account in an authentic way. I found everything helpful for my bookstagram account as well. Can't wait to implement the tips mentioned here. Thanks for this insightful guide!

This guide was really helpful and full great insight, not only for new members on Netgalley, but also for bloggers, and anyone looking to review books on social media. Everything about this toolkit, from content to looks was appealing and well laid out. I’ve been able to refer back to sections, specifically the bookstagram one, if I need help or ideas.

Thank you for this guide!!! This is the book that you didn't realize that you need until you get it. I have been on NetGalley for a year and I am always looking for ways to make my reviews more interesting. If you are a reviewer, then this book is for you. It will help help elevate your write-ups. I highly recommend all NetGalley users to download this book.
I want to thank NetGalley for a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

This should be required reading for all book reviewers! So many great tips, ideas for organizing your thoughts for a reviews, platform overviews and a how-to guide to maximize their utilization. Great takeaways here for any kind of reviewer, at any stage of establishing yourself as a trusted book source.

A really engaging introduction to NetGalley for a new user - lots of great tips for how to navigate, add value and get the most from the platform.

This is a fantastic resource, well done NetGalley! This would have been so helpful when I started out on the platform.

A couple of things that came to mind to add:
* pay attention to what each publisher is looking for in a reviewer and make sure you match it
* don’t go for the wildly popular books up front, choose the unusual and debut authors
* don’t give up because you’re rejected
* review books outside of NetGalley as well on social platforms to show your ability

As someone who was a bit overzealous when I created my NetGalley, this was a helpful to get me back on track feedback ratio wise as well as to help grow my skills as a reviewer and bookstagrammer!

Useful tips, but I think this could have been a section on the webpage rather than a PDF.
Some of the information in there is helpful to bear in mind, especially for anyone considering setting up a social media presence for their book reviews.

There are so many great tips on here on how to structure a review, build a bookstagram/booktok etc. Thank you so much netgalley for putting this together!

Thank you NetGalley for this toolkit. I found it very helpful!!
The struggle I have is if I am denied for a book, it would be nice if more information could be given as to why I was not accepted. The other would be if I did more to my profile, and was declined a book, would there be any way to reapply again?

As a former teen book blogger, I had the pleasure of seeing the book world expand from Blospot to Instagram and TikTok. This guide was super informative and I can’t wait to use the suggestions!

This book was helpful in some areas and not in others. I would say it's more helpful for people new to NetGalley. I appreciated the basics on how to promote books on different social media platforms.

NETGALLEY'S BOOK ADVOCATE TOOLKIT was made available earlier this month and contains tips on using NetGalley, writing reviews, publishing to social media platforms and strategizing. There is plenty of advice for new members in terms of setting up a profile and choosing books and even established members will benefit from comments like one encouraging everyone to subscribe to the weekly NetGalley Checklist email. Briefly describing the plot, finding your voice to offer critiques, and thinking about the intended audience are critical aspects of each Book Review and the toolkit links to more detailed suggestions. The social media section offers numerous ideas, particularly in preparing video reviews. All in all, a truly helpful guide – thank you!

I found the guide helpful and informative. Lots of great information to get you started on NetGalley, and also a lot of information not specific to this platform. Everything was laid out in an easy to digest manner and I can definitely see myself referencing it again in the future.

I was on the NetGalley the other day just having a nose around. I like to see if anything is interesting, and I came across a book called NetGalley’s Book Advocacy Toolkit by We Are Bookish. In this e-book, they offered tips on how to best utilize NetGalley and the places where you share reviews.

As someone who has written a few blog posts like this, I was curious. What tips do they have? Is there anything new that I hadn’t really thought of? The answer to that is…not really, but it could still be somewhat useful.

A lot of the information they offer are things that you’re already told on NetGalley. That you ideally want a feedback ratio of 80% or higher. You should regularly update your bio and try not to go on any request sprees. Or at least, don’t go on them too often. Something it doesn’t warn you about is what happens if you click that you will not be giving feedback. For many, it was amazing when this option was added. It made it seem like you don’t have to review a book if you no longer wish to review it for whatever reason. Unfortunately, NetGalley still considers that book unread, so having too many books marked this way will negatively impact your feedback ratio.

You should always leave feedback on your NetGalley books. Even if it gets archived and you had no chance to read it. Leave a review explaining why you didn’t read it. That way your feedback ratio won’t be messed up.

Within this book, there are different pages for different social media. I appreciated the fact there are pages for both YouTube and TikTok. I don’t make content on either of those apps, so I can’t go into detail on this, but the tips seemed pretty basic. Still, it was nice to see them being promoted as good places to review books. The advice was also different to that for blogs and so on. So whoever wrote this does have some understanding of bookish content creation, at least.

In the Instagram section, there was a tip that I found kind of helpful. The problem with Instagram and e-books is that it can be difficult to work out how to share a photo. If you read on your phone and also use it to take photos, it can be pretty difficult. But they suggest taking a photo of a switched off e-reader – or I’m thinking someone else’s phone – and then editing the cover on using something like Canva or Photoshop. It’ll mean you can put together a photo that matches your own theme or style, whilst not having to worry about the cover looking good on the screen. Something they don’t suggest that you could also do is that rather than using an e-reader or phone, put in a placeholder book. You can still edit the new book cover over the placeholder book, but remember that this can be very obvious. Personally, I’m not a huge fan of photos done like this, but you can really take photos in your style this way.

There are also some general tips on content creation and using hashtags. Once again, these aren’t necessarily detailed. You’ll still have to do your own research for the content you want to make, but if you’re brand new then this could be a good place for you to start.

So is this book useful? If you’re a complete beginner, sure. But if you’re looking for further advice to help you along? This book won’t be any help.

A helpful guide for new NetGalley users. Also some really useful pointers for bloggers and bookstagramer account holders.